Getting There Slowly

Today I went for my first walk since the knee surgery.
I ended up walking down to the point and then back up and around our clubhouse parking lot and than around an island that is in front of our place.
I took a break between each "lap" and ended up doing 3 "laps". It might have totaled a mile but at least it is a start.
I took my time and did not try to push it too much.
I iced my knee down tonight and it feels pretty decent.
Won't be long until I am back into my routine.
Once I get back on my feet a little more, I am planning on purchasing a Pec Deck. I will add this piece of equipment to my ever growing gym that I have in our garage. I will use this apparatus to work my  chest, back, shoulder, and rear deltoid muscles.
Here is a picture of this unit:

 

I'm Crutchless!!!!

I got a really good nights sleep last night and woke up with my knee feeling pretty good...all things considered.
I decided to try putting my crutches aside and go for a little stroll inside our place. My knee felt pretty good without the use of the crutches. I was even able to go up the stairs and down the stairs without the use of the crutches.
Not bad considering that I started walking around without the aid of crutches about 69 hours after I had the surgery done.
Tonight I get to take my first shower since having the surgery and boy am I looking forward to it. The only one looking forward to it more is Veronica.
I get to take the ace bandage and gauze off and replace it all with 3 band-aids to cover the 3 small sutured areas.
All in all....a darn good day.

Medical Update

Yesterday morning I woke up with knee feeling fairly decent. I decided to try to put some weight on it. I didn't do too badly. I was able to move around our place and I could actually go up the many stairs that we have...one step at a time using one crutch under the armpit on the same side of my hurt knee. Coming down the stairs was another matter. I had to scoot down them on my fanny until I got to the last 2-3 stairs, at which time I was able to get back up on my feet.
My knee got real sore and stiff after I had spent some time in my chair at my computer desk. When I came back upstairs, I could feel that my knee had weakened bit and had tightened up. I am sure that I had pushed things a bit.
I ended up tossing and turning last night, unable to find a comfortable position.
Today I took it easy. Easy enough that my knee feels much better than it did yesterday.
Hopefully tonight I will sleep better and tomorrow I have something to look forward to...taking the dressing off, taking a shower and putting clean bandages on my stitched up sutures.